·In this part, we will discuss the declensions (the cases of iξrâb) of the sound feminine plural. When we speak about cases of iξrâb, we usually speak about the sentence as a whole, not a single word.

·In the previous parts, we studied the structure of the sound feminine plural and the types of words that can be turned into sound feminine plural. Now we will study the cases of iξrâb of the sound feminine plural.

·We learnt that the doer of the verbal sentence is in the nominative (raf`) case as in the word (المُهَنْدِسُ); and the object is in the accusative (nasb) case as in the word (السَّيَّارَةَ) on the condition that the doer and object be singular nouns.

·Now we will study the cases of iξrâb when the word is a sound feminine plural, not a singular noun. Study the following examples and note the various vowel signs on the (ت) in the sound plural nouns:

·When we study the examples above, we notice the following: 1- The nominative case: The sound feminine plural takes the đammah case-ending in the nominative case; and the Kasrah in both the accusative and genitive cases. But it never takes fatħah. 2- The sound feminine plural, as the case with the feminine singular words, takes the đammah case-ending in the nominative case, such as: " الصًّالِحاتُ ، قَانِتاتٌ ، حَافِظاتٌ ، الطَّالِباتُ ، وَالمُدَرِّسَاتُ " 3- The sound feminine plural, as the case with the feminine singular words, takes the Kasrah, not the fatħah, case-ending in the accusative case, such as " المُمَرِّضاتِ ، اللاعباتِ ، الفائِزَاتِ ، مُكافَآتٍ" - All these words are in the accusative case because they are objects. This case is peculiar to the sound feminine plural.- The sound feminine plural, as the case with the feminine singular words, take the Kasrah case-ending in the genitive case, such as " فِي الشَّرِكاتِ ، بَيْنَ المُسْتَشْفَياتِ "

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